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Newspaper
Silsbee Bee
Location
Silsbee, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1957
Page
4
Dr Henry Holle Texas State Health Commissioner warns of an insect surge this year due to widespread wet weather. Mosquitoes may breed in standing water from marshes stock tanks and containers. flies in garbage and flooded sewers. Some insects harm people, others help by pollinating crops.
Humble Television will air Texas in Review next week featuring Governor Price Daniel, an open house, and a military parade by airmen at Amarillo Air Force Base. Soil Stewardship Week coverage shows Abilene clergy touring conservation fields. CAP training in Dallas and student flight lessons underscore national defense and rescue roles. Texas in Review airs Monday May 27 on KFDM Beaumont at 10 p.m. and KPRC Houston at 9:30 p.m.
A permanent charter was granted to Hardin Life Insurance Company with home offices at Pace Wells Funeral Home in Kountze. President Pat Pace announced the charter issued by the Texas insurance department on May 7. The firm will issue life and funeral policies from birth to age 85, in amounts $100 to $1000. Vice-President Alvin A Wells. A temporary permit to write insurance was granted Jan 2 this year to complete required organization.
Grand opening at White's Auto Store 125 N Fifth St Silsbee starts Saturday May 25. Owner R W Wooley says he moved from Houston with family and believes Silsbee is a coming town. Home office is in Wichita Falls Texas.
Cub Scouts of Pack 88 Den One met Tuesday with six members present. They earned junior fire chief and keep Texas green badges. Next Tuesday’s den meeting is canceled due to the pack meeting that night. Jim Bundy, scribe.
A religious reflection on peace citing Isaac and the wells of Gerar. It discusses surrender of comforts for peace, peacemakers as sons of God, and contrasts wartime memory with postwar recovery in Germany under Allied occupation.
David Reeves explains the General Land Office archives hold nearly eight million documents with historic value including Muster rolls from the Army of the Republic of Texas and titles to most Texas tracts dating back to Spanish and Mexican grants. The collection also contains old district and county maps, a 1745 document, drafts by Henry O Henry, a working Texas Constitution, and papers signed by Nathaniel Hawthorne. These records support history study and daily Land Office administration.
The Reprisal carried Benjamin Franklin to France in 1776 and later captured several British prizes marking an early US naval presence in European waters during the Revolution.
Buescher State Park near Smithville Texas tests a new low cost overnight park housing option. Shelters are roofed with concrete floors and include cooking and eating units, running water, lights, and optional electric cooking. Open sides provide ventilation while keeping costs down.
The Camp Fire group Tan-Wa-Nah met at Mrs. Lee Yawn's home on May 20 with eight members present. Carolyn Hanley, president, called the meeting to order. Eloise Matthews prepared refreshments. Afterward the group went swimming at the Silsbee Swimming Pool. Mary Jane Gray served as scribe.
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